duckweed

"Charles" wrote in message
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On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 17:29:43 -0800, "John H."
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"Charles" wrote in message
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On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 17:14:29 -0800, "John H."
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I gots a few plants today at my lfs and I asked for a few duckweed, I
never
saw it before and was surprised that it was
so small. So he gave me like 5 pieces for free. I've read posts that in
a
few days this will overtake the surface? Will this happen to my tank
given
such a small starting amount?
thanks


It might, if nothing eats it. It doesn't grow rapidly in my tanks,
not sure why, but I don't particularly want it, so that's okay.

I have discus cardinal tetra and otos. I dont think they will eat it? I am
trying it
in hopes to get rid of an algae problem.



The duckweed should be safe from those. Are you growing other plants
in the tank? If not, why not just cut back on the light? either less
wattage or fewer hours.

I cant seem to get rid of this hair algae problem. I tried less light but it
still seems to hang on.
I recently added some more plants to consume more of the available nutirents
( left over food etc). I've read in this group that DW is great at getting
rid of algae. This algae problem all started when I took out this lilly pad
type plant. It must have been keeping the algae problem down. I wish I knew
what the name of it was, I'd buy another.
If the duckweek gets to be to bothersome, why cant I just net it all out?

On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 22:49:00 -0800, "John H."
wrote:

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I cant seem to get rid of this hair algae problem. I tried less light but it
still seems to hang on.
I recently added some more plants to consume more of the available nutirents
( left over food etc). I've read in this group that DW is great at getting
rid of algae. This algae problem all started when I took out this lilly pad
type plant. It must have been keeping the algae problem down. I wish I knew
what the name of it was, I'd buy another.
If the duckweek gets to be to bothersome, why cant I just net it all out?

Netting it out should work if you can get all of it. My tanks always
have plants with leaves on the surface, so without taking everything
out of the tank a little of the duckweed remains. Then it multiplies.

Taking some out from time to time will be essential if you want to
reduce the nutrient load, just letting the plants grow and die does
nothing. I also have hair algae, it is getting less and less as the
tanks age, mine were all recently set up again. I just grab it by the
handful and pull it out.

"John H." wrote in message
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If the duckweek gets to be to bothersome, why cant I just net it all out?
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You can! It's easy to remove.
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How does it propegate? would it be a good plant filter for a sump style
filter? Or would it be hard to keep out of the main tank? I would think
simple mechanical filtration would be able to keep it in place.

Unrelated question... does anyone ever light their tanks from the side?
Does the glass make a significant effect on the amount of light that
passes through? I ask because I have an all plant aquarium for growing
out plants on a shelf that hardly has enough room for the hood. It
would be so much easier to put the light fixture behind the tank for
easy access to the surface.

Unrelated question... does anyone ever light their tanks from the side?
Does the glass make a significant effect on the amount of light that
passes through? I ask because I have an all plant aquarium for growing
out plants on a shelf that hardly has enough room for the hood. It
would be so much easier to put the light fixture behind the tank for
easy access to the surface.

The plants grow weird. Why not a lot of LEDs?

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Bottom posted.
wrote:
How does it propegate? would it be a good plant filter for a sump
style filter? Or would it be hard to keep out of the main tank? I
would think simple mechanical filtration would be able to keep it in
place.

Unrelated question... does anyone ever light their tanks from the
side? Does the glass make a significant effect on the amount of light
that passes through? I ask because I have an all plant aquarium for
growing out plants on a shelf that hardly has enough room for the
hood. It would be so much easier to put the light fixture behind the
tank for easy access to the surface.

I grew an amazon swordplant to much greater size by lighting through the
glass side of the tank it was in and it grew allot in a short amount of
time. I had the light closer to the plant this way because normally the
light has to be at least a foot above the water surface so the popping
bubbles don't get onto the bulb too much because if it does the fluorescent
screw in bulb will die. But I stopped keeping the light coming in from the
side after a certain point because some hair algae started growing on the
glass that had the light real close to it. Good luck and later!

On Fri, 3 Mar 2006 21:42:18 -0800, "Daniel Morrow"
wrote:


I grew an amazon swordplant to much greater size by lighting through the
glass side of the tank it was in and it grew allot in a short amount of
time. I had the light closer to the plant this way because normally the
light has to be at least a foot above the water surface so the popping
bubbles don't get onto the bulb too much because if it does the fluorescent
screw in bulb will die. But I stopped keeping the light coming in from the
side after a certain point because some hair algae started growing on the
glass that had the light real close to it. Good luck and later!

You must be losing a lot of light if you are keeping it a foot above
the water. Why not add a glass cover and set the light housing
directly on the glass, elevate slightly only if the bulb touches the
glass. The glass will also slow down evaporation, conserve heat, and
(better double check with the plant experts) reduce the rate at which
your water is losing CO2.

-- Mister Gardener

"Daniel Morrow" wrote in message
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I had the light closer to the plant this way because normally the
light has to be at least a foot above the water surface so the popping
bubbles don't get onto the bulb too much because if it does the
fluorescent
screw in bulb will die. But I stopped keeping the light coming in from the
side after a certain point because some hair algae started growing on the
glass that had the light real close to it. Good luck and later!
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I use the screw-in fluorescent bulbs in my tanks (except the 55s) and the
only one that died was the one I dropped in the water. Well, I dropped the
hood it was screwed into in the water. Bummer,... the bulb was only a few
weeks old.
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Aquariums since 1952
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How does it propegate? would it be a good plant filter for a sump style
filter? Or would it be hard to keep out of the main tank? I would think
simple mechanical filtration would be able to keep it in place.

I'm clueless as to using them in a sump since I have freshwater fish only.
They should do well anywhere there's enough light and nutrients.

Unrelated question... does anyone ever light their tanks from the side?
Does the glass make a significant effect on the amount of light that
passes through? I ask because I have an all plant aquarium for growing
out plants on a shelf that hardly has enough room for the hood. It
would be so much easier to put the light fixture behind the tank for
easy access to the surface.

All the plants would look horrible because they'd all be leaning towards the
lights.
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Aquariums since 1952
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
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If the duckweek gets to be to bothersome, why cant I just net it all out?
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You can! It's easy to remove.

Not if you have a lot of tanks. I've almost got rid of it, andhave been trying
for about a year. One lousy piece is all it takes. I've throw away pounds of
that crap.


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